最後に↓をポチっとお願いします♪
にほんブログ村
Hello there. I'm Yasui, a one-person business owner running a company that mainly inspects high-pressure gas equipment.
Recently, I’ve started taking weekends off more often, and naturally, I’ve been spending more time at home with my kids. When they help me with household chores, it actually becomes quite enjoyable.
Among all the chores, what they enjoy most is cooking. Stirring ingredients in the frying pan, chopping vegetables with a knife—the fun hands-on stuff. My eldest daughter even practices cooking in her home economics class, so she’s getting pretty good at it.
I don’t know how the kids feel, but as a parent, these moments make me feel genuinely happy. Watching them try their best, even when they’re inexperienced, and seeing them copy what I do—whether they do it well or not—makes me feel their growth, and it warms my heart.
As the number of these days increased, I eventually got used to it too. Cooking has become something I enjoy. Just like work, once you do it enough times, it starts to feel easier and more manageable.
Household chores are something we all have to do in life, so they often feel task-like or routine. But if we can turn them into fun family moments with our kids, maybe they don’t have to feel like such a burden.
Of course, it’s ultimately my responsibility as a parent, so I never force them. I just ask, and if they feel like helping, they can. Though, I do ask them to fold the laundry quite often, haha.
When they reach junior high school, I hope they’ll spend at least a little bit of time helping with housework, even if only on weekends. Once they reach high school, their studies, club activities, and extracurriculars become more demanding and time-consuming. But junior high students still have a bit more free time, so I think that’s the perfect moment to start getting involved in chores and learning the basics of daily living.
I believe that getting used to tackling responsibilities throughout the day is a habit worth developing early. Well… my son doesn’t always help, though!
Ideally, helping out at home should become normal from a young age. But nowadays, parents often do everything, and on days off kids just play games or scroll on their smartphones all day. That’s a common pattern.
If chores are fun, kids won’t resist. So even if they’re clumsy or inexperienced, I don’t want to get angry. I want to approach things with enough composure to enjoy the process together.
Not pushing forward with emotions—these moments are training me as much as they are teaching them.
Thank you very much for reading!
See you next time!
Lastly, please tap the button below♪
Nihon Blog Village – Management Blog
Nihon Blog Village
